Alderaan has always been a world of pacifists. Artisans, philosophers, medical professionals, and some of the most lucrative inventors and politicians of the past several thousand years have come from the soul of the Republic. We of older stock are able to remember Alderaan in her pre-war prime. Beautiful and angelic with its soft curvatures and its desires for ecological and societal harmony; it worked for the longest of times...until the Sith Empire invaded.

Now in recovery, Alderaan is embroiled in a brutal civil war which takes more civilian lives than it does soldiers of any House. Suicide bombings, violent political riots, as well as full-on assaults from one minor House on another's estate riddle the landscape, dotting the idyllic landscape with blotches of blood. Blood perpetrated by the Empire.

While the mad Bouris Ulgo attempts to claim the crown as his own, House Organa pines for peace, yet the bloodthirsty Imperials and their heavy-handed grasp on House Thul's Duke will not allow a united Alderaan even if ninety-eight percent of the population yearns for the days before the assassinations; the days of being the Republic's guiding soul through level-headed calm, peace, and the ideals of being excellent to one another.

Weighing up to 4,000 kilograms, the lumbering Bantha is a staple of cheap and quick farming. Able to survive weeks on stored fat and water in both the smoldering heat of lifeless deserts and graze in a skin-biting blizzard, it has become a favorite for colonists and Outer Rim settlers. While its meat is rougher and its milk clumpier than Alderaan's Nerf, it is still a popular animal with a booming trade for its meat amongst quick-meal gurus such as producers of frozen Bantha Nuggets and the popular Swokes Swokes treat known in Basic as the Meat Popsicle.

Also animals of burden, the Bantha have been used for both non-mechanical travel and—popularized by serials such as Rich Dirgo and the Krayt Dragon Pearl—used by war mounts by various species, including Tatooine's aggressive Sand People. In current society they are more romanticized as adaptable creatures for the frontiersman rather then an economic rung for meat barons.

The bull and cow of the Bantha were not as varied as the Nerf but still distinct enough for their behavior to be documented. Purely matriarchal, the Bantha herds have always been led by the oldest and strongest female. The larger bulls of the species had a larger rack of horns, growing by a full knob each year, most males reaching two spirals before their deaths whereas females barely reached one spiral.

The severely under appreciated Nerf of Alderaan receives not nearly as much praise as it deserves for being the most adaptable and delicious animal in the galaxy. According to recent surveys conducted by the Republic Census Bureau, the Nerf is the most profitable meat in the galaxy. Over nine thousand companies are solely dedicated to processing Nerf meat, with several mega-corporations like Czerka branching into the lucrative business, finding it more stable and more profitable then arming a fledgling government gearing up for war.

A Nerf's grace does not lie in its appearance and temperament. Indeed, they are unpleasant creatures to handle. The males are aggressive, often leading them to trample their own younglings and the females of their species, leading any smart herder to keep the males in separate pens. Their stench is only rivaled by the unkempt appearance of their fur and the build-up of dried spittle which accumulates around their mouth areas as they graze and chew cud. The pitch colored saliva is acidic in nature and almost impossible to remove once dried, leaving most Nerf herders with minor burns around their hands and forearms mostly due to the fact that it only removes itself from clothing after it slowly burns through the material.

It would be foolish to classify the Nerf as a stupid animal, however. With its adaptability comes several subspecies, including the leaner, mottled-fur Forest Nerf which has become a favorite pet for farmers from the Core to the Outer Rim for their docile appearance and expressive nature. In environments that even a Bantha cannot survive because of it's lumbering nature and minimal intelligence, a Nerf will thrive, albeit with a slightly rebellious, unruly streak which it will exhibit during seasonal shedding to it's keeper.

Rich or poor, credits have to come from somewhere. When we're roleplaying in most cases, we don't usually think about where credits come from. Most people generally have an idea of how many credits their character has. Smugglers tend to be poor while an Alderaanian Nobleman might have a great deal. We could debate for hours how rich characters should be, or if you have to back that up with OOC credits. But I thought this morning it might be more fun to take a different spin on it. Regardless of how many credits your character has on average, how do they earn them in The Old Republic?